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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 7, 1893
Died
April 16, 1968
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Fay Okell Bainter
Fay Bainter
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Biography
Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. MGM persuaded her to try films and her movie debut was in This Side of Heaven (February 1934), the same year she appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway and in the film It Happened One Day (July 1934). Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated in the same year for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1938), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. In 1940 she played Mrs. Gibbs in the film production of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town. In 1945 she played Melissa Frake in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical State Fair. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). Finally, in 1962, Fay appeared as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fay Bainter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
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Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
8.0
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
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Mary Caulfield
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
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Amelia Tilford
The Children's Hour
1961
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Sister Mike
Dr. Kildare
1961
6.4
Geraldine Redfern
Thriller
1960
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Sister Josephine
Adventures in Paradise
1959
6.2
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Credits
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1988
8.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Mary Caulfield
1962
7.8
The Children's Hour
as Amelia Tilford
1961
7.7
Dr. Kildare
as Sister Mike
1961
5.5
Thriller
as Geraldine Redfern
1960
6.4
Adventures in Paradise
as Sister Josephine
1959
5.7
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.2
Matinee Theater
1955
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The President's Lady
as Mrs. Donaldson
1953
6.9
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Jenny
1951
7.3
Close to My Heart
as Mrs. Morrow
1951
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Lux Video Theatre
as Innkeeper's Wife
1950
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Lux Video Theatre
as Annie Keeney
1950
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Lux Video Theatre
as Mrs. Grier
1950
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Lux Video Theatre
as Mrs. Hughes
1950
6.3
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
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Robert Montgomery Presents
as Bella Fleace
1950
5.6
Suspense
as Natalie MacLaird
1949
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Studio One
as Aunt Valerie
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Mrs. Morgan
1948
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June Bride
as Paula Winthrop
1948
7.2
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Give My Regards to Broadway
as Fay Norwick
1948
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Mrs. Mitty
1947
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Deep Valley
as Ellie Saul
1947
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The Virginian
as Mrs. Taylor
1946
6.1
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
1946
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State Fair
as Melissa Frake
1945
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3 Is a Family
as Frances Whittaker
1944
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Dark Waters
as Aunt Emily
1944
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The Heavenly Body
as Margaret Sibyll
1944
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Cry 'Havoc'
as Captain Marsh
1943
6.3
Salute to the Marines
as Jennie Bailey
1943
6.8
Presenting Lily Mars
as Mrs. Thornway
1943
6.3
The Human Comedy
as Mrs. Macauley
1943
6.3
Journey for Margaret
as Trudy Strauss
1942
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
1942
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The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Stella Livingston Hadley
1942
5.2
Mr. Gardenia Jones
as Emmy Jones
1942
4.6
Woman of the Year
as Ellen Whitcomb
1942
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Babes on Broadway
as Miss Jones
1941
6.4
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1940
6.5
Maryland
as Charlotte Danfield
1940
6.2
A Bill of Divorcement
as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
1940
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Our Town
as Mrs Gibbs
1940
5.7
Young Tom Edison
as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
1940
5.6
Our Neighbors - The Carters
as Ellen Carter
1939
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Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
as Self
1939
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Daughters Courageous
as Nancy 'Nan' Masters
1939
6.2
The Lady and the Mob
as Hattie Leonard
1939
6.3
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Ann Murray
1939
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Breakdowns of 1938
as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
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The Shining Hour
as Hannah Linden
1938
6.6
The Arkansas Traveler
as Mrs. Martha Allen
1938
6.0
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Mrs. Margaret Carey
1938
5.2
White Banners
as Hannah
1938
5.8
Jezebel
as Aunt Belle Massey
1938
7.0
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Anita Cooper
1937
7.5
The Soldier and the Lady
as Strogoff's Mother
1937
6.5
Quality Street
as Susan Throssel
1937
5.9
This Side of Heaven
as Francene Turner
1934
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